cover-up in Vietnam and failure of, 122–24
creating the future, 165–66
decision-making methods, 161
first steps when put in new position, 173, 176–77
four points for harnessing discipline, 165
Gen. Robert E. Lee, 171
“influence situations in your favor,” 163
intuition plus analysis in decision-making, 161
judgment, 170–71
lessons of the French in Indochina ignored, 22, 26, 31, 45, 67–68, 130, 131
listening to staff, 74
love and, 168–69, 195–96
loyalty and, 166, 168–69, 178, 182
maxim on “Nothing’s wrong,” 171–72
Moore’s principles of, 166–67
My Lai massacre as failure of, 56
NCOs as, 73, 74, 76, 178
never overreact, 180
“Never quit,” 163
never say no to yourself, 162
North Vietnamese, 69
planning and reducing risk, 169–70
positive, upbeat persona, 175
“push the power down,” 181–82
reservations and doubt, 161
“skunk at the picnic,” need for, 171
“stack the deck” and questions to ask oneself, 163–64
on stress, 181
Sun Tzu on, 169
three demands a senior executive must meet, 164
trust, earning, 183–85
trusting one’s instincts, 158–59, 173, 209
ultimate responsibility and, 74
U.S., Vietnam War and, 67, 107–8
Vietnam War, no explanation for, 108
war chosen by men who don’t know war, xx
wars as failure of, xx, 188
workable plan, need for, 164–65
Lee, Gen. Robert E., 171
Levy, Tom, 99
Little Bighorn, 8, 67
Longstreet, Gen. James, 171
Lose, Doc Randy, 91, 92
MacMillan, Bill, 99
Man, Gen. Chu Huy, 16, 20, 24, 25, 33
background of, 34–35, 49
at Dien Bien Phu, 33, 34–35, 133, 142
meeting with, 1991, 21–22, 33–37
meeting with, 1993, 48–49
meeting with, 1999, 144
Mang Yang Pass, 67–68, 137
Marm, Col. Walter J. “Joe,” xvii, 200, 208
McDade, Lt. Col. Robert “Bob,” 11–13, 114
McNamara, Robert, 196
Metsker, Capt. Tom (S-2, intelligence officer), 8, 88
MIAs, 27, 60–61, 87
Michaellis, John H., 173–74
Montagnards, 1, 68, 152
Moore, Cecile, 218, 229
Moore, David, 218, 220–21, 229
Moore, Greg, 217, 229
Moore, Lt. Gen. Harold G. “Hal,” 72–74
advice to men, not to celebrate killing, 19–20, 49
background of, 69, 217–18
battle at Ia Drang, 4, 7–11, 19–20, 77–78, 87–92, 133–34
as commander 1st Air Cavalry, 31, 182
desire to talk with North Vietnamese commanders, 20–21
determination and perseverance of, 102, 157–60, 162–63
evolution of book, 14–17
at Fort Ord, California, 178–81
friendship with General An, 68, 69, 98–99
handling of antiwar demonstrators, 179–80
Iraq War and, 193–97
An Khe base memories, 64–67
in Korea, 69, 74, 131–32, 133, 165, 173–78, 192, 217
on leadership, 157–85
at Mang Yang Pass, 67–68
marriage and children, 214–25
meets Galloway, 9–10
meets Giap, 31–33, 44–47, 130
NCOs and, 71–72
night at Ia Drang battlefield, 99, 101–11
in Occupied Japan, 69
as paratrooper, 181–82
planning for an operation, 165
prayer at Ia Drang, 98
recovery of bodies from Ia
Drang (1966), 12, 124
retirement from Army, 14–15
return to Ia Drang (1993), xvii, 1–4, 17, 22, 41–69, 86–123, 147–51, 155
return to Pleiku (1993), 83–86
return to Vietnam (1990), 15–16, 20–33
return to Vietnam (1991), 22, 33–40
return to Vietnam (1999), 22, 134–45
Schwarzkopf and, xi, xii
stress and, 181
study of French in Indochina, 45, 129–30
Vietnamese visa problems, 23–24
visit to An’s widow, 142–44
visit to Dien Bien Phu (1999), 130, 134–35, 140–42
war, beliefs about, 187–201
at West Point, 68, 72–74, 132, 157–63
West Point farewell speech, 168–69, 195–96
Moore, Julia Compton “Julie,” 132, 203, 214–25
comforting families of lost soldiers, 203–4, 215–16
courage of, 222–23
death of, 222
film of We Were Soldiers
and, 221–22
Moore, Julie, 218, 229
Moore, Steve, 217, 220, 229
Muoi, Do, 16, 27
My Lai massacre, 55–56
Nadal, Capt. Tony (later Col.), 8, 14, 42, 47, 84, 90, 227
Navarre, Gen. Henri, 47, 134–36
Newcomb, Arthur W., 157
Nightline (TV program), 115, 117
NVA (North Vietnamese Army). See also PAVN (People’s Army of Vietnam)
33rd Regiment, 114
66th Regiment, 114
massacre of civilians after fall of Saigon, 148
troops in Chu Pong Massif, 5
U.S. helicopters and, 29
187th Airborne Regimental Combat Team, 76
173rd Airborne, 68
Page, Tim, 23, 24
PAVN (People’s Army of Vietnam)
32nd Regiment, 3
33rd Regiment, 3, 12, 114
66th Regiment, 3, 114
66th Regiment, 7th Battalion, 85
66th Regiment, 8th Battalion, 11, 12
316th Division, 34
casualties, 3
demobilization, 68
as peasant army, 37, 45
soldier’s kit, 85
studying of American tactics, 28–29
troops in Chu Pong Massif, 6
Peroddy, Sgt. Maj. Don, 178, 179
Persian Gulf War, xi, xviii, 17, 192, 195
casualties, American, 190
Phillips, WO Jesse, 87
Phuong, Gen. Hoang, 20, 22
account of Landing Zone
X-Ray battle, 29, 39–40
background of, 49
meeting with, 1990, 21, 28–30
meeting with, 1991, 22, 39–40
Piroth, Col. Charles, 136–37
Plei Me Camp, 6, 10, 35, 36, 88
Plumley, Deurice, 77, 80, 88–89
Plumley, Sgt. Maj. Basil L., 41–42, 47, 71, 72, 75–81, 102, 110, 125–26, 171, 227
Ia Drang battle, 6, 7, 77–78, 88, 95
An Khe base, 65–66
Poley, Clinton, 200
Powell, Gen. Colin, 166, 193
PRC-25 field radio, 85–86
PTSD (posttraumatic stress disorder), xvii
Quang, Nguyen Cong, 24, 228
Random House publishers, 17
Rather, Dan, 151
Reagan, Ronald, 108
Renwick, Bruce, 99
Rescorla, Lt. Cyril R. “Rick,” 67, 203
background of, 207–9, 212–14
as hero of 9/11, 204–5, 208–11, 214
iconic photo of, 206, 212
platoon leader, 2/7 Bravo Company, Vietnam, 205–7
Rescorla, Susan, 210–11, 213–14
Rice, Jim, 87
Roosevelt, Franklin D., 159
Roosevelt, Teddy, 148
Rowe, Nicholas, 25
Rumsfeld, Donald H., 191, 196
Saigon/Ho Chi Minh City, 56–57
changes and growth, 149–55
fall of, 4, 22, 35, 36, 58, 68
girlie bars of Tu Do, 153
thirtieth anniversary of fall of, 153–54
traffic, 152–53
Savage, Sgt. Ernie, 42, 47, 90, 91–92, 97, 227
Sawyer, Forrest, 22, 42, 84, 99, 115
Schwarzkopf, Gen. H. Norman, xi–xiii
Persian Gulf War and, xii
September 11 (9/11) terrorist attacks, 193–94
casualties, 194
Morgan Stanley offices, 204, 208–10
Rick Rescorla as hero during, 204–5, 208–11, 214
7th Cavalry, xv, 185
1st Battalion, 4, 5, 10
1st Battalion, Alpha (A) Company, 8, 14, 38, 41–42
1st Battalion, Bravo (B) Company, 7, 10, 38, 42, 96
1st Battalion, Charlie (C) Company, 78, 96, 105–6, 172–73
2nd Battalion, 9, 11–13, 39, 42, 122, 206
2nd Battalion, Alpha (A) Company, 63, 64, 113, 118
2nd Battalion, Bravo (B) Company, 9, 77–78, 90–92, 205–7
2nd Battalion, Charlie (C) Company, 86, 113, 124, 125
history of, 8
marching tune, 149
7th Infantry Division, 174–78
Sheehan, Neil, 32
Shucart, William, 211
Smith, Howard K., 48, 118
Smith, Jack, 42, 44, 47–48, 86, 113, 115, 121, 155, 227
death of, 118
speaking on Landing Zone Albany battle and effects of experience, 116–18
South Vietnamese army, xii, 35, 36, 62
18th Division, 150
Spanish-American War, 192
Special Forces A-Team Camp, Plei Me village, 6, 10, 35, 36, 88
Stancil, WO Ken, 87
Stowe, Madeleine, 221, 222
Street Without Joy (Fall), 129
Sullivan, Stanley, 212
Sun Tzu, 137, 169
tanks, xii, xvii
at Dien Bien Phu (French M-24), 135, 140
Iraq War, 194
left in Vietnam, 61
M1A1
Abrams, xviii
Persian Gulf War, 190
Russian, 44
Thach, Nguyen Co, 16, 27
Thai, Quyen, 42
They Were Young and Brave (TV documentary), 5, 22, 41–42, 63, 95–96, 115, 155, 228
Thompson, Hunter, 151
Thuoc, Col. Vu Dinh, 53, 85–86, 87, 122, 142, 144–45, 149, 228
Tien, Le, 31, 142
Trinh, Le Xuan, 16, 27
Tully, Lt. Col. Bob, 11
24th Infantry Division, xi, xviii
23rd Infantry
2nd Battalion, 76
Battle Group, 76
229th Assault Helicopter Battalion, Bravo Company, 10, 87
United Press International (UPI), 151
Galloway with, xi, 10
U.S. Army
1st Cavalry Division, 3, 6, 11, 12, 13, 15, 29, 31, 36, 62, 63, 65, 78–79, 149
1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), 3, 28, 123, 182
1st Corps, 79
2nd Corps, 79
2nd Infantry Division, 76, 79
3rd Infantry Division, 76
4th Infantry Division, 68
5th Cavalry, 11, 42, 113, 124, 206
7th Cavalry, xv, 4, 5, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11–13, 14, 38, 39, 41–42, 63, 64, 74, 77–78, 90–92, 96, 105–6, 113, 118, 122, 124, 125, 149, 185, 205–7
7th Infantry Division, 174–78
8th Army, 173, 177–78
11th Airborne Division, 76
23rd Infantry 2nd Battalion, 76
23rd Infantry Battle Group, 76
24th Infantry Division, xi, xviii
82nd Airborne Division, 76, 217, 220
173rd Airborne, 68
187th Airborne Regimental Combat Team, 76
229th Assault Helicopter Battalion, 10, 87
change from draftee to all-volunteer, xviii, 180–81
NCOs, 71–81
officers’ career trajectory, 72–73
radio, PRC-25, 85–86
Special Forces A-Team, 6
telegram notification of soldier’s death, 101, 108, 203, 215–16
U.S. Military College at West Point, xii, 47, 68, 72–74, 132, 157–63, 218
cemetery, 195
Moore’s farewell speech, 168–69, 195–96
USMS Maurice Rose, 54
U.S. News & World Report, 17, 23
cover article on Ia Drang, 2, 5, 15–16, 21
National Magazine Award, 16
Veterans Administration, xvi–xvii
Victoria, queen of England, 194
Viet Cong, 54
massacre of civilians after fall of Saigon, 148
Viet Minh, 22, 34, 60, 68–69, 129, 189
ambush of Group Mobile 100, 67
at Dien Bien Phu, 44–47, 130, 135–37, 138 (see also
Dien Bien Phu)
Vietnam, country of (see also Vietnam War)
America’s shared history with, 26
army officers, continuing service of, 33
attacked by Chinese, 69
Ban Me Thuot, 148
Bien Hoa, 150
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